The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
ghr Nerala and 0ews~
PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY AT
NEWBERRY, S. c..
Short Paragraphs of Persons and
Things.

Things.
Cherif Pssha, once Prime Minister
of Egypt, died last week.
Governor Beaver. of Pennsylvania,
will sign the woman suffrage bill if
it reaches him.
Ex Congressman Archibald /,
Weaver, of Nebraska, died on the
10th inst, aged 60 years.
Wm. D. Morgan, Vice-President
of the Produce Exchange Of New
York, died on Sunday, April "a,
aged SO years. - .-........... ..>
The Philadelphis Neecs says:
.Reagan, Colquitt, Ransom, Morgan
and Gibson are the temperance sen.
ators:'
1t is said that Mrs. Hetty Green,
the forty million dollar New York
widow, is going to scoop the Balti-
more and Ohio.
3 Alexander Mitchell, q prominent
: financier of the Northwest, and an
ex-Congressman from Minnesota
died, q. the Hoffman House in New
York, April 10, aged 20 years.
Lieut.. John ". Dannhower, one Of
the surviving officers of the jean
nette, shot himself on the Goth inst,
in the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Nd. He was 37..years old, and much
admired and respected by those who
knew him.
Chief-Justice David z. Carter, Of
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, prominent supporter of
Lincoln in the Republican Conven-
ton of 1860, and a confidential sd.
wiser of the President during the re-
bellion, died at his home in Wash.
ington on April Is, at the age Of 75.
years.
An indication of the wealth and
growth Of the Argentine Republic
may be found in the fact that its leg
islature has just authorized the build
ing of a Sl0,O00,000 capitol. Buenos
Ayres is fast becoming one of the
finest cities in the world.
Lieutenant Governor Jones, of
New York, is made of the right sort
of stuff. He beat down twenty-five
bowling Republican Senators the
other day and did his duty in spite
of their furious assaults upon him.
AS Emerson said, now and thensyou
find man who mobs the mob.
:Sss olegist is abroad. He
made two Startling propositions
of late. One is to the effect that
John L. Sulliyan's combatiyeness is
small. and the other that Dave"
Walker, chief of the Bald. d.Knobbers,
is exceedingly religious. Phrenolo-
gy is nothing if not original.
W. W. Corcoran, of Washington,
did not visit Charleston to witness
the unyeiling of the Calhoun monu-
ment. At the last moment his ply.
sician decided that the journey would
be too much for him. Mr.. Corcoran
is eighty-eight years Of age and,
though in good health, cannot afford
to endure any great strain.
It is said that Yates Thompson,
the editor of the London Pail Mall
Gazette, is at Boston studying Anne
rican institutions. Does this mean
that Mr.. T. has leveled his eye.glass
= st baked beans If so, he should
come South and take look at col
lards and fatty bread.
The spectators who bought up
trade dollars are now reaping their
reward. About s5,250,00o of this
deprecated currency has been re-
deemed at par. Nearly all these
dollars had passed out Of the hands
of the people into the possession of
shrewd spectators who bought them
at 80 cents each. Their profits will
probably be over S1,000,00O.
Comparatively few people remem-
ber thst Henry Ward Beecher is the
author of novel. Just after the
war he wrote Norwood for the
Neec York Ledger. 1t Increased the
circulation Of that paper wonder
fully. Over sixty thousand copies
of "Notwood" were sold when it ap-
peared in book form. It has been
republished and is again having
great sale.
Alfred de Cordovs, the Wall street
broker. has retreat in North Branch,
n. J. He employs number of
trained carrier-pigeons to carry news